I was able to open an X windows emacs session using:

    (require '[clojure.java.shell :as sh])
    (sh/sh "emacs")

on my system.  The REPL did not give another prompt until I quit that emacs 
invocation.  I was able to get another REPL prompt immediately using this:

    (future (sh/sh "emacs"))

When I tried running the terminal version of emacs without using the X window 
system, it gave a valid complaint like this:

    user=> (sh/sh "emacs" "-nw")
    {:exit 1, :out "", :err "emacs: standard input is not a tty\n"}

You can also specify the file name and line number where the cursor should 
initially be placed like so:

    (sh/sh "emacs" "+57" "foo.txt")

In case it matters what versions of things I am using, I was able to get 
similar results above on both of the following systems:

Mac OS X 10.6.8 + Oracle/Apple JDK 1.6.0_37 + Leiningen 2.0.0 + Clojure 
1.5.0-RC2
Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit desktop + Oracle JDK 1.6.0_38 + Leiningen 2.0.0 + Clojure 
1.5.0-RC4

I also tried it with Clojure 1.4.0 with the same good results.

Andy


On Feb 3, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Gabriel Horner wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a straightforward way to invoke an editor within clojure e.g. 
> (clojure.java.shell/sh "emacs" some-file)?
> I've taken a look at popular shell libraries like conch and stevedore but 
> found nothing helpful.
> If you're curious why I want to do it, it's to open a lein dependency in 
> emacs from the commandline, https://github.com/cldwalker/lein-open .
> 
> Thanks,
> Gabriel

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